Drop a photo of a person on the box above, or paste one with Ctrl+V. The first time, the page downloads a 6.6 MB AI model and keeps it in your browser's cache. It then finds the person, removes everything behind them and shows the result on a checkered background, which marks the transparent parts. Pick a new background, choose a file type and press Download.
Made for photos of people
The tool uses MODNet, an open source model trained for portrait matting. Matting means it works out how see-through each pixel at the edge of a person is, so loose hair and fuzzy jumpers blend into the new background instead of getting a hard cut-out line. The training data was photos of people, which is also its limit: a product on a table, a pet or a car with no person in the picture often comes out wrong or with parts missing. If no person is found, the tool tells you instead of returning an empty file.
It works well on selfies, profile pictures, team photos, people holding a product and full-body shots. It has a harder time with people who blend into a background of the same colour, very dark photos, and groups where people overlap with objects.
Your options after the cut-out
| Option | Choices | Good for |
|---|---|---|
| New background | Transparent, white, black, light blue, any colour you pick, or a blurred copy of the original | Transparent for design work, white for shops and forms, blur for a portrait look |
| Save as | PNG, WebP or JPG | PNG and WebP keep transparency; JPG is smallest for photos on a solid colour |
| Crop | Full photo or crop to the person | Cropping removes empty space around the person |
| Edges | Soft or sharper | Soft keeps hair natural; sharper suits graphic designs and stickers |
Show original swaps the preview back to your photo so you can compare. Changing an option redraws the preview at once, without running the AI again.
Why JPG has no transparent option
The JPG format has no way to store see-through pixels. If you save a transparent cut-out as JPG, every program has to fill the empty area with something, usually black or white. This tool fills it with white and says so under the buttons. For a logo, a sticker or anything you will place on another picture, save as PNG. WebP also keeps transparency and is usually smaller than PNG, and current browsers, Android and recent versions of Windows and macOS all open it.
Tips for a cleaner result
- Use the largest photo you have. Photos are processed at up to 4096 pixels on the long side, and bigger ones are scaled down to that.
- A clear gap between the person and the background helps more than a plain background does. Hair against a busy wall of the same colour is the hardest case.
- If a hand or a bag edge is cut off, try Edges: Soft first, since Sharper trims faint areas.
- For a passport or visa photo, use the Passport Photo Maker, which replaces the background and also sizes your head to the rules.
Privacy
The model and the photo both stay in your browser tab. Nothing is sent to a server, and the page works on a slow connection once the model has downloaded. If you want to check what a converter or editor does with your files, the guide Are online file converters safe? shows how to watch the Network tab.
Next steps
A transparent PNG straight from a phone photo can be several megabytes. The Image Compressor shrinks it while keeping transparency, the Image Resizer sets exact dimensions for a profile picture, and the Image Converter turns it into another format.
